The Artist
Buttram, David
(b. 1947 - Cleveland, Ohio ) Painter David Buttram
pursues the ever- changing character of the inner city
through his paintings. Inspired by the styles of Van Gogh,
Rembrandt, many of the Impressionist, and the works of
the Ashcan school; Buttram seeks to create images of
natural and man made objects, through various combinations
of light, shadow, reflections and color; which reveal a range of
human emotions and moods. Buttram expects the viewer to be
able to explore evidence of toil and strife, beauty and peace.
Buttram is a graduate of The Cooper School of Art,
The Cleveland Institute of Art, and Kent State University.
Buttram has exhibited at Karamu House, Cleveland; the
Kettering Government Center, Kettering; the Cleveland
Institute of Art; The Cleveland State Art Gallery; and the
Mansfield Arts Center, Mansfield. He has also shown work on
multiple occasions at the Museum of Science and Industry in
Chicago, Illinois. Buttram, a former U.S. Marine Vietnam Veteran,
and retired art educator in the Cleveland Metropolitan School
District, continues to work and paint out of his home studio in
Cleveland, Ohio.